In the Formatted View, FileSnoop display files as they would be seen when viewed in their native program:

For Image files, the actual image will be rendered. You can then zoom in or out on the image.
Sound files, like MP3s, will have an action button which can play (or pause) the file.

HTML files will be rendered just as they would if you viewed them in Internet Explorer. When displaying HTML pages, FileSnoop will use the same security settings that you have already set in Internet Explorer.

For archive files, (like ZIP, CAB and ARJ) a list of the files contained within the archive will be displayed.

The first page of Microsoft Office files will be displayed just as if they were opened in Microsoft Office. This function requires Microsoft Office to be installed.

PDF files will be displayed exactly like they would be had you opened them in Adobe Acrobat Reader. This function requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to be installed.

With DBF flat-database files, FileSnoop will list the field names, types, and sizes.

Rich-text format files (RTF) will be shown as formatted text, just as they would in Microsoft Word.

AVI digital video files will be shown as animations (without audio).

For executable files, the internal icons and bitmaps will be displayed. You can right-click on an icon or bitmap to export it (and save it for later use). Icons will be saved with the name of the executable followed by the icon's index in the file. Bitmaps will be saved with the name they are given in the resource file.

Not all files will have this formatted view. When a file has no formatted view, the message "No formatted view for this type" will be displayed.

Some files depend on external programs to be viewed, such as Microsoft Office and PDF files. Office files need Microsoft Office to be viewed, and PDF files will need Acrobat Reader installed. If the external application isn't found, the file won't be viewed in the formatted view, although the other file views (Information, Text and Hex) will still display information about the file.

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